Snap fastening



Sept. 4, 1923.

B. COOPER SNAP FASTENING Filed Aug. 25 1921 Patented Sept. 4, 1923.

BARNEY COOPER, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SNAP rAsTnING.

Application led August 25, 192,1. Serial No. '495,248.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BARNEY COOPER, a citizen of Russia, residing at Chicago, county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Snap Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

M r invention relates to improvements in snap fastenings for separable buttons, and is especially adapted to the form of separable buttons commonly known as cuff buttons.

The principal object of my invention is to provide means for securely locking together the two separable portions of the button, and of easily releasing the same, when it is desirable to separate the two portions.

My invention also comprises certain dctails of form, combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will be Afully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is an elevation of a culi` button with the present invention thereto applied,

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the female portion, on line 2 2 of Figure 3; and Figure 3 is a sectional view on .line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Similar reference letters indicate similar parts throughout the several figures.

As shown in Figures l and 2 the invention is applied to a cuff button in which the heads a, and the Shanks o, are similar.

rThe male member has the usual disc o, secured to the shank ZJ, and is provided with the usual head CZ, and neck e, secured to the disc c, all in one integral part.

The female member is provided with an opening f, adapted to receive the head (Z, of the male member,r and a locking device comprising curved wire bearings 7?, resting against the interior conical wall of the sleeve L, secured to the disc The diameter of the curved wire bearings p, is just sufficient as to slide up the interior conical wall of the sleeve ZL, to allow the head al, to enter past them. When the bearings return down the interior conical wall of the sleeve ZL, and close around the neck e, below the head cZ, the same is securely locked in place and cannot be removed without forcibly raising the bearings to the wider portion of the sleeve ZL.

To provide means for releasing the grip of the bearings upon the head and neck d and e, respectively, the shank Z) of the female portion also comprises an inner tube j, cen-l trally located therein and secured by washer r to the head a, adapted to contain the bearings p, which are guided in recesses e, and to allow them a free lateral motion, in and out to follow the interior conical wall of the sleevefa, and a shoulder Z. It also comprises an outer tube m, secured to the disc c', and containing the sleeve L, but free at the upper end, which is jointed by fingers t to a washer n, which is slidably adjusted on the inner tube j. Around the tube y', and between the shoulder Z, and washer n, l provide. a coiled spring o, adapted to hold the slidable parts all in locking position and yet to yield slidably when pressure is applied as hereinafter stated.

To put the two halves of the cui? button together insert the head eZ, in t-he opening f, and press upon the two outer heads o. The inner head (Z, presses upon the bearings p, which causes them to yield upwardly and outwardly against the sides of the interior conical wall of the sleeve ZL, until the head d, passes the bearings p, when the spring o, returns all parts to their normal locking position7 as will be readily understood.

To unlock the two parte grasp the. outer head a, shank o, and disc z', with the thumb and lingers and press upon the head and disc until they part slightly, causing the spring o, to rise and separate when the head (Z, is easily removed as will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by said Letters Patent is:

In a snap fastener comprising a female member having a base. disc formed with a head receiving Opening located centrally1 therein, a sleeve having inwardly sloping sides positioned about said opening and attached to said base disc, an outer tube provided with space-d inwardly extending 1ingers, an inner tube spaced from `said outer tube and slidable therein formed with a peripheral notch adjacent its upper end and a circumferential shoulder adjacent its lower end, said inner disposed slots, a washer securely held in said peripheral notch, split ring sections disposed within 'the slots of said inner tube and thev sloping walls of the sleeve, a coil spring positioned about said inner tube and tube having oppositely" contacting the circumferential shoulder at said male member is in position Within the its lower end, a washer disposed about said female member. 10 inner tube adjacent the inwardly turned ln testimony whereof, I affix my signalingers on the outer tube and between Same ture in the. presence of two Witnesses.

and the end of said spring, a male member BARNEY COOPER. having a head thereon provided With an an- Tl/Vitnesses: nular groove adapted to be engaged by said HENRY H. BARBER,

split ring sections and rigidly held When J. J. AMES. 

